Get it together! Top Republicans tell the White House to stop its 'downward spiral' as they demand a 'full explanation' over claims Trump leaked 'highly-classified' intel to the Russians about ISIS laptop threat during Oval Office meeting

Speaker Paul Ryan called on Trump to provide a full explanation about the report

Senator Bob Corker was the first Republican to speak about the latest reports

Paul Ryan has become the latest leading Republican to speak out as backlash grows following reports the president shared 'highly classified' information with top Russian officials during an Oval Office meeting last week.

Ryan, the House Speaker, released a statement on Monday night calling for Donald Trump and his office to provide a full account of the meeting in which he is being accused of sharing secrets with Russia.

'We have no way of knowing what was said, but protecting our nation's secrets is paramount,' the statement from Ryan's spokesman, Doug Andres, said on Mnday evening.

'The speaker hopes for a full explanation of the facts from the administration.'

Ryan's statement came after Bob Corker, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman, was one of the first Republicans to speak out against the White House after reports emerged in the Washington Post.

'The White House has got to do something soon to bring itself under control and in order,' Corker said.

'It's got to happen. Obviously they're in a downward spiral right now and they've got to figure out a way to come to grips [with] all that's happening.'

Paul Ryan (pictured outside the Oval Office on May 4) called on Trump to provide a full account of what was said during his recent meeting with Russian officials

Bob Corker, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman, was one of the first Republicans to speak out about reports Trump shared classified information with Russia

Three White House officials who were in the May 10 meeting strongly denounced the story, claiming no intelligence sources and methods were discussed - but they didn't deny that classified information was disclosed.

But the Post's report, citing current and former US officials, shared details about an ISIS terror threat related to the use of laptop computers on aircraft with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak.

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The anonymous officials told the Post that the information Trump relayed during the Oval Office meeting had been provided by a US partner through an intelligence-sharing arrangement.

They said it was considered so sensitive that details have been withheld from allies and tightly restricted even within the US government.

Meanwhile, Jordan has said that King Abdullah II will speak with Trump via a phone call on Tuesday. The Royal Court said arrangements for the call were made last week.

'The White House has got to do something soon to bring itself under control and in order,' Corker said

After the reports emerged on Monday, Republican Senator Susan Collins (pictured) also lashed out at Trump's office

Jordan is a key ally in the US-led international military coalition against Islamic State, which controls territory in neighboring Syria and Iraq.

After the reports emerged on Monday, Republican Senator Susan Collins also lashed out at Trump's office.

'Can we have a crisis-free day? That's all I'm asking,' she told reporters, according to HLN's Carol Costello.

John McCain also offered a timid criticism of Trump, saying: 'We certainly don't want any president to leak classified information, but the president does have the right to do that.'

Democratic leaders were understandably much more stringent in their response to the reports.

Nancy Pelosi, speaking at a CNN town hall on Monday night, said if the reports are true it would be 'very, very damaging.'

'It undermines the trust that we would have with our allies,' she told the network.

Adam Schiff of California called the story 'deeply disturbing' and said if it's true, the disclosure could jeopardize sources of very sensitive intelligence and relationships with key allies.

John McCain also offered a timid criticism of Trump, saying: 'We certainly don't want any president to leak classified information, but the president does have the right to do that'

Democrat Adam Schiff called the reports 'deeply disturbing' and said if it's true, the disclosure could jeopardize sources of very sensitive intelligence and relationships with key allies

'That the Russians would be the potential recipients of this intelligence and may be able to determine its source is all the more problematic, since the Russian interest in Syria and elsewhere is, in many respects, deeply antithetical to our own,' Schiff said.

He added that he wants the House intelligence committee fully briefed on what, if anything, was shared with the Russian officials.

Virginia Senator Mark Warner tweeted: 'If true, this is a slap in the face to the intel community. Risking sources & methods is inexcusable, particularly with the Russians.'

National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster called the Washington Post story 'false', which claimed Trump leaked 'highly classified' information to the Russians during an Oval Office meeting last week

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, US President Donald Trump, and Russian Ambassador to the United States Sergei Kislyak (L-R) talking during a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House

The Russian embassy in Washington released this photo of President Trump warmly shaking hands with ambassador Sergey Kislyak

'First, the Russians will undoubtedly try to figure out the source or the method of this information to make sure that it is not also collecting on their activities in Syria - and in trying to do that they could well disrupt the source.

'The second damage is that third countries who provide the United States with intelligence information will now have pause to do so if the United States is sharing such information with the Russians without their permission.'